Ten female bison now roam land in the southwest metro, their return part of an effort by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community to forge renewed cultural and spiritual connections between tribal ...

PRIOR LAKE, Minn. — The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, the owner of Mystic Lake Casino, plans to hand out $21 million this year, making the tribe a major philanthropic player in Minnesota and ...

PRIOR LAKE, Minn. — The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has made $3 million in emergency funds available to tribal nations amid the ongoing food shortage caused by a distribution problem with ...

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community says its new organics recycling facility in rural Scott County will be free of the foul odors that have irritated nearby neighbors of the current facility in ...

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community said Monday it has awarded $527,020 in grants for Indian tribe economic development, flood relief and other projects for fiscal year 2010. The Prior Lake-based ...

The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community broke ground June 27 on a new state-of-the-art organics recycling facility named Dakota Prairie Composting in Louisville Township, which will replace the tribe ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Educators in Minnesota can now apply for funding to support teaching Native American history and culture. On Monday, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's Understand Native ...

The University of Minnesota will offer a free Indigenous Education For All course open to the public in collaboration with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) in 2025. The College of ...

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, that Hoċokata Ṫi (pronounced ho-cho-kah-tah-tee), the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC)’s cultural ...

SHAKOPEE, Minn. — The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community (SMSC) has announced more than $2.3 million in grants aimed at supporting the teaching of Native American content in Minnesota’s schools. The ...